Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907 G. KIRKIEIGAARD.

BOTTLE STOPPER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 13. 1906.

, of which Stoppers, of which tne following is a speciii- I rial, such as cork or some other suitable sub- I stance.

, away, as shown at 34; but the bead or rim nnrrn' strap-es n innr orrion.

snore manner inn, OF'NE'W YORK, or ONE-HALF To N Y., ASSIGNOR FRIDTJOF JEBSEN,

OF NEW YORK, N.

BOTTLE-=S'I'QPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 13, 1906. Serial No. 321,430.

No. 847,008. I rat-ex ted Maren 12, 1907.

To ctZZ whom it may concern: I The top of cap 30 maybe bent upward,

Be itknown that 1, GEORG KIRKEGAARD, I as shown in Fig. 2, and the portion 33 of the a citizen of the United States, and a resident I rim 32 may then be flattened out to give it of the cityof New York, in the county of i greater length. New York: and State of New York, United I The completed cap, prepared to be at- States of America, have invented certain tached to a bottle or some other structure, is new and useful improvements in Bottleshown in the upper portion of Big. 2. The resilient packing .20 may be placed within I this cap and the cap placed upon the top of l a bottle. The cap may then be pressed down upon the top of the .bottle until the projecting rim or bead 32 encircles the annular lip or shoulder 11 011 the top of the bottle, when the top of the cap will again be fiat. The portions 33 of the rim may then be bent together to lock the cap upon the bottie in a mann erwhich I will now more fully describe.

Referring to Fig. 4, the completed cap is shown in a plan View before it has been placed upon a v bottle. Fig. shows the same cap after it has been pressed down upon a bottle until the up become flattened. The flattened portions 33 of the rim 32 will then become. bent outward into loops. (Shown in Fig. 5.) These loops may then be s ueezed together until they have assumed iihe osition shown in Fig. 6. This part of .t e operation will tighten the rim 32 about-the shoulder 11 of the bottle and will cause the cap to be drawn down upon the bottle, so' that the packing 20 will be compressed between the inner portion of the cap andthe top of the bottle, and the bottle will thereby become securely sealed. The portions 33 may then be bent down against the rim of the cap, as shown in Fig. 7,'and the ca will thus become securely locked to the bottl e.

One of the great advantages of the cap made according to this invention is the ease with which it may be removed from a bottle. Tl be bent outward from cation.

My invention relates to a bottle-stopper, which may be readily attached to and locked on a bottic or similar structure and which may be readily removed from the same; and its object is to provide a simple and eihcient construction for such a device.

1 will describe my invention in the follow- I ing specification and point out the novel features thereof in claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents, in sectional elevation, the upper portion of a bottle with one of my improved stoppers attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper portion of a bottle with I one of my stoppers shown above it, the stopper being shown in its open position. I Fig. 3 is. an elevation of similar parts to those shown in Fig. 1, with the stopper shown attached to and locked on the bottle. Figs. 4c, 5, 6, and 7 are plan views of my stopper, showing difl'erent steps of the operation of locking it to a bottle. igt 8 is a side elevation of a modification of my stopper, and Fig. '9 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig; 8.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

10 designates a bottle, the upper portion may be provided below the opening with an annular inclined lip or shoulder 11, with its widest portion near the top of the bottle to which my improved stopper is to be attached,

designates a packing of resilient mateis portions 33 may the rim 32 until they have again assumed the positions in which they are shown in Fig. 6, in which case thetop of the cap may be bent of a circu ar disl; having a depending flange upward again into the position in which it is 31, the lower ortion of which is provided I shown in Fig. 2, in which case the cap may be with an inwardly-projecting bead or rim 32. readily removed from the bottle. 7

portion or portions of the flange 31 are cut In Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown amodifica- I tion of my improved cap, in which case the I inwardly-p1'o ecting rim 32 of the cap is 30 desi nates a cap which is in the form 32 is not cut away. The portion of this bead or IlIIl 32 which is directly below the openlugs 34 is designated by the numeral I The projecting portion 35 is provided with a provided with projecting portions 35 and 37.

upon thebottle.

I have illustrated more than one modiflcation of my invention to show that it may be constructed in more than one way and to show, also, that the invention is capable oi many modifications,

In the drawings 1 have shown two portions 34 cut away in each cap. There may be as many of these openings and strips in each cap as desired, but I. have found two a convenient number for manufacture and use.

\Vhat I claim is-- 1. A bottle-stopper comprising a circular disk liavin depeiiding flanges, said disk arranged to )e bent upward across one of its diameters to permit of said flanges being placed over a body of greater diameter than i the inner diaineter'of the flanges.-

2. A'bottle-stopper conrprising a circular disk having dc ending flanges,- said flanges being provider with inwardly 'projecting rims, said disk arranged to be bent upward acrossone of its diameters to permit of said flanges and rims being placed over a body of greater diameter than the inner diameter of the projecting rims.

3. A bottle-stopper comprising a circular disk having dc ending flanges, said flanges bein provider with inwardly -.projectmg rims, said disk arranged to be bent-upward across one of its diameters to permit of said flanges and rims being placed over a body of reater diameter than the inner diameter of 1 the projecting rims, and means for fastening said rims together.

4. A bottle'stoppcr comprising a circular disk havingtwo flanges depending from opposite sides. of its periphery, said disk arranged to be bent upward across one oins diameters to permit ,of said flanges being placed over a body of greater diameter than the inner diameter of the flanges.

5. Avbottle-stopper comprising a circular disk having two flanges depending from oposite sides of its periphery, said flanges bemg provided with an inwardly-pro ectin a rim, said disk arranged to be bent upwarr across a diameter between said flanges to permit of said flanges and rim being placed over i a body of greater diameter than the diameter of the rim, and means for drawing the rim i about said body. 6. A bottle-stopper comprising'a circular l disk having two flanges depending from op osite sides ofits eriphery, said flanges being provided wit an inwardly-projecting rim, portions of said rim arranged to connect the bottom of said flanges, said disk arranged to be bent upward across a diameter-bel tween said flanges to pormi of said flanges 1 being-placed over a body of greaterdiameter than the diameter of the rim, said connecting 1 portions arranged to draw the rim abdut said body and to secure the disk to the body. i 7. A bottle-stopper comprising a circular disk having depending flanges, a resilient 7o packing within said disk, said 'disk arranged l to be bent upward across one of its diameters l to permit of said flanges being placed over a body of greater diameter than the diameter 1 oi'the flanges. 175 8. In. combination with a bottle having an inclined annular shoulder below its mouth, of a stopper comprising a circular disk having depending flanges,'said flanges being prov1ded with an inwardly proiecting rim of smaller diameter than the" diameter of the annular shoulder, a resilient packing within the disk, 1 said disk arranged to be bent upward across 1 one of its diameters to permit of said flanges i and rim being placed over i der.

In testimony whereof I- have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 1 two subscribing witnesses.

GEORG KIRKEGAARD.

', Witnesses:

ERNEST W. MARsnALL, g ELLA Tuck,

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